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To andrewjameswilliams – Thank you so much for your review! Yeah, Liam will learn fairly quickly that Theo is not a good person and will start to smarten up a little. As for your other questions, I'm not going to answer them because one is answered in this chapter, and the others will be answered in the next couple of chapters as well. Hope you like this chapter!
To nathanmiller – Thank you so much for your review! Mason really is such a nice person, it's one of the main reasons I like him! Hope you like this chapter!
To xx-malia-xx – Thank you so much for your review! I am in complete agreement with your feelings on what happened with the characters and what the writers did in season 5 part 2! I hated what they did with making everyone blame Scott the way they did, it's why I really wanted to write this story. I'm glad you are enjoying the story, I will do my best in going deeper with the characters and the plot. Hope you like this chapter!
AN – And I'm back early, like I said I would be. Here is chapter 9, hope you all like it!
Enjoy!
Liam and Mason stood staring at the chimera, who was simply staring back at them in return. No one moved for a long moment, Liam and Mason in too much shock to think clearly while Theo just seemed amused by their reaction. After another minute though, he started walking towards the two sophomores.
"Liam, Mason." Theo greeted, coming to a stop once he was standing in front of them.
"What did you do Theo?" Mason demanded, using his anger at the older teenager for what he had done to cover the fact he was actually somewhat scared of the chimera. The way he was looking at Liam made his skin crawl.
"What does it look like I did? I brought Hayden back from the dead." Theo answered, his cocky tone matching his smug grin. Both Liam and Mason resisted the urge to punch it off his face, though Liam did clench his fists.
"Why?" The werewolf questioned.
"Maybe I was trying to do you a favour since your Alpha failed to keep his promise in saving her." Theo responded, still smiling which was only making him get more and more on Liam's nerves.
"No, that's not it. If I've learned anything from you Theo, it's that you're not capable of doing anything for anyone other than yourself." Liam objected. While the sophomore still didn't know everything that Theo had done, he had figured out enough to realize that the chimera was the one pulling the strings behind everything. After all, he was the one who manipulated him into trying to kill Scott. No good person would ever do something like that.
"What would you say if I told you that I was getting ready to find a way to destroy the Dread Doctors and possibly fight a monster worse than anything you have ever seen?" Theo wondered, ignoring Liam's dig at him.
"I'd say that was a load of crap, that you have another agenda." Mason replied, even though Theo wasn't talking to him. Theo glanced up at him for a moment before looking back at Liam, making it clear he didn't care what Mason thought.
"Maybe, maybe not. Either way, we should be working together Liam." Theo told the werewolf. When Liam didn't respond though, Theo added, "I brought Hayden back for you just as much as I brought her back for me."
"You think because you brought Hayden back from the dead, I should side with you? Be in your pack?" Liam said dubiously, glaring at the chimera for using the girl he loved almost like a bargaining chip to get him on his side.
"It's more than Scott has ever done for you." Theo pointed out. That was all Liam needed for his top to blow off. Who was this person to come in, wreck everything and hurt everyone he touched, then basically say he was better than the one who saved Liam's life several times, protected him, taught him to control himself?
"You have no idea what Scott's done for me!" Liam yelled, getting right into Theo's slightly surprised face, not even aware that there were now several police officers staring at them.
"Liam." Mason called out, trying to pull him away from the chimera, but the werewolf didn't really hear him at all. All he heard was a buzzing sound as his anger was about to completely overwhelm him. Suddenly, a soft and caring voice called his name broke through the haze. It wasn't Mason's though.
"Liam." The red-filled haze quickly disappeared, and Liam turned his head to look over his shoulder. At the other end of the hallway, stood Scott, who had his eyes focused on the beta. Liam wondered how long his Alpha had been standing there. He didn't hear or smell him at all until now. Once Liam made eye contact with the older werewolf, Scott started walking towards them, his gaze moving to glare at Theo. He didn't stop until he was right behind the two sophomores, standing somewhat in between them.
"What are you doing here Theo?" Scott demanded in a calm, yet fury filled tone, his normal soft and caring brown eyes hard and cold like ice.
"Just dropping Hayden off to see her sister." Theo answered innocently, though no one was buying it for a second.
"Well you did. So, why don't you leave now?" Scott suggested, though his voice made it clear it was an order, his tone sounding more threatening than Liam had ever heard before. Theo must've realized that too, because he nodded and took a small step back.
"We'll talk more later." Theo said to Liam before he turned around and walked away, heading towards the other exit to avoid going through Scott.
"Are you okay?" Scott asked once he was sure that Theo was gone. Liam and Mason both nodded as the turned to face the high school senior.
"I'm fine. Did you know about Hayden?" Liam questioned, his voice smaller than it usually was, and actually sounded a little hurt. Slowly Scott nodded.
"Yeah, Lydia and I found them late last night when we were looking for the Nemeton. We found it, and four bodies. Theo showed up not long after the police did. And with him was Hayden, Tracy, Cory, and Josh. He brought them back." Scott revealed, knowing that Liam needed to know the truth even though it might make Liam upset that he didn't tell him when he first found out that his girlfriend was alive.
"How did he do that?" Mason inquired. It was one thing for Melissa to bring Scott back from the dead using CPR, even though he had been dead for 15 minutes. But Hayden, Tracy, Josh, and Cory were dead longer than that, though Hayden not by much.
"Don't know yet." Scott replied, silently adding that to his list of everything he didn't know. It was getting much too long for his liking.
"Why didn't you tell me when you found out Hayden was alive?" Liam asked, exactly like Scott knew he would.
"Honestly, didn't have time." Scott answered. Seeing the look in Liam's eyes, the older werewolf knew that he was going to have to explain everything.
"After, the library, I went to the hospital to see Stiles. A chimera attacked his Dad." The Alpha revealed, glossing over what all happened the library and his stop at his house to heal up a bit.
"Is he okay?" Mason asked just seconds before Liam could. Neither of them had known about the Sheriff getting hurt and being in the hospital. It did explain why the police station seemed to be in a bit of a mess though.
"Yeah, he's fine. After I stopped there, I went to go see if I could find Theo or the Dread Doctors. I found Lydia instead. Theo had clawed her neck to try and find the Nemeton. Luckily, she was okay, and we went looking together. Once we found the Nemeton, we called the police and that was when Theo and the others showed up. Lydia and I then headed back to the hospital and stayed the night. In the morning, we went looking for the chimera that attacked Stilinski. The Dread Doctors got to him first though. Then I went home to check on my Mom, and was about to check on you when I caught your scent here." Scott explained pretty much everything that had happened over the last 16 hours.
Neither Liam or Mason said anything for a moment as neither were sure exactly how to respond. Eventually though, Liam, keeping his gaze down and away from Scott's asked, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." Scott answered, a little surprised by Liam's question and his heart breaking a little at the sight of Liam looking so timid as well as smelling the guilt with a hint of anger coming off the younger teenager in waves. All of the Alpha's instincts were crying out, telling him to hug his beta and assure him everything was okay, but Scott knew that such an action was most likely not going to be welcome. So, he didn't move.
"Okay. I'm going," Liam paused, finally glancing up at Scott, though he quickly dropped it when he saw the caring look in his eyes. After what he did, he didn't deserve his Alpha caring about him.
"I'm gonna go home." The blonde finished, and started heading towards the exit. Scott was going to just let him leave, knowing that it might take some time for both of them to trust each other again, but then a thought suddenly came to him, causing him to turn around and call out his name.
"Liam," The younger werewolf quickly turned back to face him, a surprised yet guarded look in his blue eyes.
"My phone's busted. So, if you need to call me for anything, call my house or my Mom. You have those numbers, right?" Scott inquired. Liam looked a little shocked that that was why Scott stopped him, but nodded and continued walking towards the door.
Once he was gone, Mason looked around to make sure no one was present to listen in on their conversation. When he saw they were alone, he turned to face the senior and said, "Scott, I know I promised I wouldn't say anything, but, he needs to know. He deserves to know."
"No, it's not important." Scott immediately protested.
"Theo killed you Scott. You were dead. You really don't think it's important?" Mason questioned with a quieter voice just in case Liam, or maybe Theo, if he was still around, was using their hearing to listen in.
"If I did, I wouldn't have made you promise not to tell anyone." Scott replied.
"Didn't all these problems in the pack start because we stopped talking to each other? That we started keeping things to ourselves?" Mason reminded him. Though the human had not been truly felt like he was part of the pack, he was an observer, and being an observer let him see from a different stand point. A larger stand point which let him see the bigger picture.
"It's a bit more complicated than that." Scott defended his decision, though he couldn't deny that he saw what Mason was getting at and he somewhat had a point.
"Is it?" Mason asked, but he didn't give the Alpha a chance to respond before he said, "Look Scott, I know that I'm no werewolf or supernatural creature of any kind, nor have I been aware of it for very long, but it doesn't take a genius to know that if you want to take down Theo and the Dread Doctors, you need your pack."
"Trust me Mason, I'm taking care of it." Scott assured him, though he didn't go into any details whatsoever, and before Mason could ask for any, the Alpha turned and walked away, leaving the younger teenager to stare and wonder what Scott was doing.
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Paris, France
In a warehouse that was used to hold boxes of items before, whatever they were, were shipped out of the country, were two werewolves waiting for the person who called them to arrive. Jackson, and Ethan. They had met when Ethan had headed to London, wanting to get away somewhere he had never been after his twin brother, Aidan's, death.
While there, he met Jackson, who was finishing up his junior, high school year. It didn't take long for them to get together after they at first became friends, bonding over the difficulties of being lone werewolves. They found it somewhat funny that they had both been at Beacon Hills and knew they same people. They sometimes would joke about how if only Jackson had waited longer before he left for London.
They then decided to head to Paris for the summer, and found themselves not wanting to leave at all. So, with his Dad's help, Jackson ended up finishing his senior year online so he could stay with Ethan in France. He offered to help Ethan finish up high school the same way, but the former Alpha turned the offer down. That had been their life up until last night, at midnight to be exact, when they both got a phone call from a werewolf they both knew from their time in Beacon Hills, wanting to meet with them.
"How long are we supposed to just wait around?" Jackson asked as his pacing took him back in Ethan's direction. He had been pacing pretty much ever since they arrived while Ethan just sat on one of the boxes watching him.
"No idea." Ethan replied, glancing at his phone to check the time. They had now been waiting for almost a half an hour. Jackson looked over to see what time it was, and when he did, he started pacing again, letting out a frustrated sigh as he did so.
"I say, if nobody shows up in the next five minutes, we take off." Jackson voiced his opinion, unaware that the werewolf he had gotten together with almost three months ago was shaking his head.
"Longer than that." Ethan spoke up. Jackson whipped around, an annoyed expression on his face making it clear he didn't want to wait any longer, but Ethan reminded him, "He saved my life Jackson."
The werewolf/kanima looked even more annoyed, but nodded. After all, the man they were waiting for had saved his life too. They both owed him and could wait a little longer. Though if he didn't come soon, Jackson might go get takeout as they had skipped supper in order to get here in time. Suddenly, they heard the side door open, though with the boxes lined up and stacked the way they were, they couldn't see who.
"Who's there?" Jackson demanded as Ethan stood up, coming over to the other teenager's left side. At first, all they saw were a pair of glowing yellow eyes, causing both Jackson and Ethan to let their eyes glow blue in response. Then, a tall, lanky figure came out of the shadows and into the light.
"Jackson? Ethan?" The young man asked, letting his eyes go back to normal. As he came closer, the two werewolves quickly recognized who had joined them.
"Isaac." Ethan stated, making Jackson look over at him in mild surprise. He had no idea that Ethan and Isaac knew each other, though it did make sense. It didn't take long after they got together for them to find out that they had both been in the same place and knew the same people, even though they weren't there at the same time.
"What are you doing here?" Jackson questioned, turning his head back to look at Isaac who was coming close to them.
"Got a phone call telling me to come here." Isaac answered somewhat defensively, coming to a stop once he was standing in front of the two who had beaten him to the warehouse.
"So did we." Jackson informed him, watching Isaac carefully. Though after he turned into werewolf instead of a kanima who was being controlled by a madman, and had kind of made peace with each other, there was not really any trust between the two. Ethan though, didn't seem too unnerved by the other werewolf's presence.
"Any idea why?" Isaac asked, as the person who had called him, telling him to meet here didn't tell him why or what was going on.
"Nope. Still waiting." Jackson answered. Before anyone could say anything else, the main door slid open loudly, and three figures came in. The one in the middle was taller and bulkier than the other two, who were smaller and leaner. They also had much longer hair than the one in the middle. As they came into the lights though, Ethan and Isaac easily recognized that it was Derek with Cora and Braeden. Jackson however, only recognized Derek, as he wasn't in Beacon Hills when the other two showed up.
"Good, all three of you are here." Derek said as he and the two girls strode over to stand in front of the three werewolves who had been waiting for them.
"Yeah, you wanna tell us why?" Isaac asked, turning to face the three people who finally joined them.
"And who the girls are?" Jackson added, not recognizing them at all, though Isaac seemed to. It didn't surprise the werewolf/kanima though. When he left Beacon Hills, Derek and Isaac were still there. It was very possible that they met those two while he was gone.
"Cora and Braeden." Ethan replied. Seeing the questioning look on Jackson's face, Ethan said, "I'll explain later."
"And the reason I called you guys, is because Scott needs our help." Derek answered, effectively getting the three werewolves' complete and undivided attention.
AN – So, since this chapter was posted on Friday and I am still planning on updating only once a week to give myself time to write, next chapter will be posted on next Friday. See you all then!
